Necurs is not only a spambot, it is a modular piece of malware that can add new capabilities at any time.
Email Compromises, Phishing Top Insider Threats
More than a third of firms have experienced some information loss, theft or attack via email within the past two years.
Russia Admits Major Info Warfare Mission
Defence minister says cyber troops are spreading propaganda
Most Hackers Can Compromise You in 12 Hours or Less
A full 81% say they can identify and take valuable data with 24 hours.
950,000 Coachella Festival Credentials For Sale on Dark Web
The data is being sold for a mere $300 on the Tochka marketplace.
One-Quarter of Americans Have Had Medical Info Stolen
Victims of medical identity theft had to pay approximately $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident, on average.
Death, Taxes and Identity Theft: Life’s 3 Certainties
Most Americans are not worried about tax fraud in spite of federal reports of 787,000 confirmed identity theft returns in 2016.
Data Sprawl Thwarts the Protection of Critical IP
Understanding user behaviors and intent as they interact with critical business data is a key to greater security, but tools can’t keep up across clouds, devices and user locations.
#TEISS: The Jigsaw Effect – How Hackers Groom Your Staff
Tim Wilson, CISO at Optum International, discusses how cyber-criminals piece together partial sources of information to construct an individual’s identity and form the basis of an attack
Hacker That Tried to Frame Krebs for Heroin Goes to Jail
Vovnenko will go away for 41 months for operating a 13K-strong botnet to steal credentials and financial information.